Gang!
You know how I always emphasize the potential of Photoshop brushes when it comes to making some extra bucks (and we could all use some, right? :))
So, in one of my recent posts I was sharing my happiness with you because someone just bought a T-Shirt that I made with a little help of my Photoshop brushes! And just as I finished that post someone bought 99 buttons that I also made with a little help from my Photoshop brushes.
Photoshop professionals, enthusiasts and graphic designers do all kinds of commercial projects and businesses with my Photoshop brushes (and vectors from my shop). For instance, some do:
- Rubber stamps
- Others do invitations (all kinds of invitations)
- Then, logos
- Business cards
- Greeting cards
- Table numbers (yes, for wedding occasions)
- Web Designs
- Not to mention digital scrapbooks
- Photo books
- Packaging!
And the list goes on…
So, don’t hesitate to try in case you never tried before. It is fun! It’s easy and it’s fun! And we all know that the best creations are done when you’are having fun doing it.
Did you notice these Hollywood actors, for instance, when they are giving an interview about that great movie that got an Oscar? They always say: “We had so much fun doing it!” And they are not just saying that! They really had fun. The more fun you have while creating, the better creation will be.
So, I had some fun creating stuff for my Zazzle shop and the outcome is here :)
No reason for you not to have fun and make great stuff too!
Oh, by the way, the February edition of GBG eZine is out!
Here is a little preview of what’s inside:
(1) Kisses Photoshop Brushes set
(2) A very SPECIAL OFFER: Save 10% on 800+ MEGA Set PS Brushes
(3) Grunge Hearts Photoshop Brushes set
(4) Grunge Hearts II Photoshop Brushes set
(5) Hearts Photoshop Brushes set LITE
(6) Circled Hearts Photoshop Brushes set LITE
(7) Valentines Photoshop Brushes set LITE
(8) Valentine Frames Photoshop Brushes set
(9) Crowned Hearts Photoshop Brushes set
(10) Valentine Word art 5 High Quality PNG files
(11) Heartly Background 12×12 inches, print ready
(12) Valentines card template
(13) Digital Scrapbook Quick Page
(14) NEW: Valentine’s Day Note Cards
(15) NEW: Valentine’s Day Textures (Backgrounds)
(16) A Very Special GBG offer (prolonged until 12th of February)
So, if you think you just saw something interesting for you, just join GBG and the link to this eZine and other free downloads will be sent to you.
In the meantime, have fun creating and make sure to prepare something cool for Valentine’s day!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Oh, and the picture on the top of the article? It is, basically an announcement of the GBG eZine February edition that is out now!
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Gang,
Yes, we did it again! GBG eZine, January 2010 is out!
And this time we bring you:
(1) New Valentines Photoshop brushes set “Crowned Hearts”,
(2) One totally cool Valentine’s background,
(3) “Love Bears” Photoshop video tutorial,
(4) Valentines card template and,
(5) A Very Special GBG offer (huge savings, expires on 24th of January)!
All in all, very useful stuff for your design, scrapbook, photobook, print or web projects – just in time for the Valentine’s day!
Even if you are not a GBG member, you can still get the link for the eZine (along with a link to our “Downloads” page with a bunch free Photoshop brushes sets and other free downloads) if you Join Us Now ->
Have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
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Gang,
The time has come! Our Graphics-Illustrations.Com Christmas Graphics Competition is over. We had a tough job selecting the best graphic because all of them were great!
Anyways, as we know – there can be only one so, here it is:
The winner is Lisa Palmer Gupton with her Christmas Card
Lisa sent me complete card which is folded and double sided. It took a lot of work to do something like that and we appreciate it.
Here’s the rest of the card, back and front:
Thank you Lisa Palmer Gupton for your great work, I think that our Facebook community will agree that your work deserves be the winning one. Please contact us at info(at)graphics-illustrations.com to collect your prize: Custom made video photo album.
For the rest of you guys, thank you so much for submitting your designs, they were all great and all of them will be displayed in our little Christmas Graphics Flash Gallery.
And one more note, some of the contestants did not include any of my brushes into their work. Since that was one of two conditions for the participation we could not include these submissions. It would not be fair towards the rest of you who stuck to the rules.
Thank you all for participation, it was fun, we discovered some real talents and i think we won’t have to wait long before having another competition :)
Have fun!
Yours,
Silvia
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I prepared 6 Photoshop Christmas card templates with following features:
- Photoshop (7.0 up to CS4 compatible) layered files so you can customize them, give them your personal touch and tweak them as you wish
- They are accompanied with .jpg files so you can edit them in Paint.NET or GIMP or Photo Paint or Photoshop Elements or in just about any decent bitmap/photo editing software
- They come in dimensions of 2400px x 1800px at 300dpi – which makes them ready for print
- They come with unlimited Commercial license, so you can print and sell them – no strings attached
If you select all of them, you are entitled to use the COUPON CODE (GICS999) at the checkout and get one of them FREE ($2.95 DISCOUNT)! You will be prompted for the coupon code on the checkout.
OK. Here are the 2010 Christmas Card Templates. 6 of them. You can select some of them or you can select all of 6 them and pay for 5 only!
* To use PSD files with Paint.NET you will need to get PSD plugin.
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Video Photo Album
Guys, I’m sure, if you are running your own business you will agree – releasing a new product on the market is always BIG event in life of any entrepreneur! And this is exactly what’s happening to me right now! I just came up with a brand new product. Or should I call it service? Read more …
You would not believe how many steps are there between coming up with an idea (in my case they start popping out in most unexpected moments, in a tram or when I’m just about to fall asleep) and making the idea come to life. But once it’s alive – the feeling is awesome.
So, some months ago, I was just about to fall asleep and that idea just popped up out of the blue. “How about…” my mind had no intention to go to sleep any time soon that night “How about taking some of these family holiday photos I had and turning them into a – movie!? A movie with background music, maybe some cool video effects …. hmmmm … now THAT would be fun to watch when friends or guests drop by. Nothing too long, a few minutes, but dynamic and funny … yes! I think I’m onto something here!“
The rest is history.
Ladies and gentleman I proudly present you a brand new, genuine Graphics-Illustrations.Com product Video Photo Album!
Turn on your speakers – you will love the background music (Made by one great dude called Rachid Amani)!
[video filename=http://graphics-illustrations.com/videos/familyvideophotoalbum.mov vid_image=http://graphics-illustrations.com/videos/familyvideoalbum.jpg /]
It turned out so good that I just had to offer it to you too.
So, if you send me your family photos (up to 30), my team will make a movie like this for you too!
Find out more on:
Video Photo Album Info Page ->
The album is playable on:
- iPhone (downloadable in 640 by 480 px mov file for iPhone)
- TV from computer (Mac or PC) (1920 by 1080px)
- TV from DVD (downloadable in 1920 by 1080px)
- YouTube or similar Internet Video Services (864px by 486px)
Video Photo Album
I don’t know, I’m just so excited with this. I’m sure it will be a huge success. Why? For two reasons:
- If I was not really good in video editing I would never bother to go through the creation of such video by myself
- I certainly would love to have such video made out of my own photos (obviously) because it’s cool to show your photos in this new, dynamic and fun way
And that’s not all! This video can be made out of your:
- Holiday photos
- Birthday party photos
- Wedding photos by all means!
- Business event photos (ok, we’d change the background music for that one)
- And the list can go on, and on …
So, if you would like to have a video like that done for you with your photos, promo price is $64.95 and the rest of the details is available at
Video Photo Album Info Page ->
As always, I will happily reply to any comments you might have and answer any questions. Let me know what you think!
Hugs,
Silvia
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Guys,
You know what’s the good thing about having a blog with so many daily visitors (approx. 3000 in my case)? Although this blog is mainly about photoshop brushes, every now and then you get approached by various companies and they ask you to make a software review for them, in exchange you get a free copy of the software.
I know, you didn’t notice much software reviews on my site. That’s because I don’t want to review software that will not be interesting to my visitors. I mean most of you are here because you are, one way or another, into visual arts. Being it graphic design, web design, scrap booking or photography.
So, you guessed, I received an email the other day (ok, of Friday to be more precise) where a group of young Romanian developers asked me to make a honest review of their software called Batch Photo which they present as “The fastest photo editor”.
“OK” I said “Tell me one thing. Will I be able to select, like, hundreds of RAW files from my photo camera and transform them to my hard disk re-sized and in .jpg format?” I asked that because that’s just what I need to when I shoot some social event and I need to distribute small .jpg’s fast.
And they said “Yes. Here is your copy. Try it. And speak freely about your impressions”
“OK. I’ll do just that”
And here we go …
You know, I value the quality of the software by my ability to work with it without reading the manual. I don’t know about you, but I am not very patient when it comes to gaining knowledge about new software that I am about to use. This peace of software was not different. I wanted to do my stuff without reading any manuals, or FAQ’s or watching videos. It had to be intuitive and easy to use.
Installation was quite simple and straight forward (standard clicking on “Yes”, “Yes”, “Next”, “Next” and stuff …) and it was installed and up and running in no time.
Then I inserted the CF card from my Canon 20D in to the card reader and started the software.
Clicked on Add Photos.
Selected all 135 photos in CR2 format (which is RAW format of my beloved Canon 20D) and pressed NEXT.
At this stage I had to “Add filter” and select “Resize Advanced”, now that gave me the option to make all of the photos 800 x 525, then I pressed Next again. Select the format, and the quality …
Then I select thed the output folder, file format and the quality …
And clicked on “Process” …
It detected my 4 Cores CPU and I apperciated the fact that it reported a launch 4 threads. That should speed up the things.
And, voila! After 5minutes and 42 seconds 135 RAW images (CR2 Canon raw format) of 3596px x 2360px were converted into 800px x 525px in jpg format.
Nice, smooth and easy. There was a whole bunch of other effects or adjustments I could have done, here are some of them
Of course, for all details and free trial you are welcome to visit http://www.batchphoto.com/ and give this software a try.
I’d say it’s a perfect choice for situations like “OMG, I just came from this kids birthday party with, like 200 images in RAW format and now I need to get them real small in jpg and they need to be sharpened out and satrutation needs to be a bit increased and it just has to be done in no time.” If it sounds familiar then this Image Converter Software is for you.
OK. I hope this post was useful for you. If not still stay tuned as I will come up with some new free downloads from my little graphical factory. Until then, stay well and have fun creating!
Love!
Silvia
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Guys,
Here is the idea on how to get (for free)
1. Commercial scrapbook kit Grunge Love (BONUS w/800+ MEGA SET): $4.99
15 elements (JPG and PNG), high resolution 12×12 inch scrapbook page kit
4 custom background papers in red hues
3 frames, two Swirled and one with Hearts
1 wire / swirl
1 gold Heart with flowers and Swirls
1 brown-glass Heart with Swirls
1 brown Heart with Wings
1 aged Tag with Swirls
2 big Hearts with Swirls
1 “LOVE” sign: Grunge Letters with Swirls
Click here for preview:
2. Commercial Photoshop brushes – Photo Corners (20+20) (BONUS w/800+ MEGA SET): $9.99
- Set contains 20 HiRes Photoshop brushes + another 20 inversed
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
- easy to import to Paint Shop PRO, GIMP and into just about any image editing software on the market!
- Mac and PC compatible
- commercial license
Click here for preview:
3. Commercial Photo frames PREMIUM Photoshop Special Edition brushes set (2×9) – NEW BONUS w/800+ MEGA SET! Not for sale!
- 2×9 Photoshop brushes
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
- easy to import to Paint Shop PRO, GIMP and into just about any image editing software on the market!
- Mac and PC compatible
- commercial license
Click here for preview:
4. Commercial PREMIUM Photoshop brushes set Calendar 2010 – NEW BONUS w/800+ MEGA SET: $9.99
- 36 brushes in 1673-2473px + 36 in 980-1500px
- 36 transparent PNG files
- all PNGs are in 300dpi (3500×3500 pix)
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
- easy to import to Paint Shop PRO, GIMP and into just about any image editing software on the market!
- Mac and PC compatible
- commercial license
Click here for preview:
I guess you know everything about how to use Calendar Photoshop Brushes, but here is one sample on how to use Photo frames Photoshop brushes
Get them all as a BONUS when you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET!
Why?
- Because it will bring you 800+ PREMIUM Photoshop brushes for 1/2 price
- Because this set just got richer for two bonuses (Calendar 2010 and Photo Frames PS brushes)
- It will also give you the option to buy all other brushes (present and future brushes) for 1/2 price
- Because it is an ultimate solution for your commercial projects too
- Because so many people liked it that you just can’t go wrong with that one, here are the TESTIMONIALS ->
- And it will make your life so much easier (at least when it comes to Photoshop projects)
Get 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET total of 24 PREMIUM Sets worth $239.76 for just $119.88 NOW ->
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ->
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Finding a title for the book is a tricky job. I thought it would be the best if I ask my visitors.
Read More Post a comment (16)Ladies and gentleman, present and future GBG members, dear visitors!
It is my honor and great pleasure, tonight, to proudly present you with my latest product, actually a major upgrade, to the legendary Tattoo Designs, Photoshop Brushes set!
Why upgrade? What’s in the upgrade? I hear you ask.
Well, here is what this new, upgraded set contains:
- 30+30 Hi Quality Photoshop brushes,
- 30 Photoshop brushes in 1361-2429px,
- 30 Photoshop brushes in 543-969px, NEW!
- 30 transparent PNG files, NEW!
- all PNGs are in 300dpi (2500×2500 pix),
- compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4
- easy to import to Paint Shop PRO, GIMP and into just about any image editing software on the market!
PNGs are transparent, so that you can easily use them in any photo editing software, but also in text editing software like MS Word or similar.
And the beauty of it is - price remains the same: $9.99!
[PREVIEW Tattoo designs Photoshop brushes set Second Edition (30+30)]
[BUY Tattoo designs Photoshop brushes set Second Edition (30+30) PREMIUM EDITION NOW! ]
Of course, as always, I prepared a little free download 8 PNG Tattoo Design files (smaller size).
For those of you who already purchased this set, you will get the link to free update to your email address!
For those of you who still did not order anything from me – you see now how I care about my customers! I just love them!
Now, for the second part, this set is also included into, just as much legendary 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET! So, if you just can’t settle for partial solutions then 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET definitely is a COMPLETE solution to ALL your Photoshop brushes needs.
OK. I think that I’ve said enough. Let me know if I missed something.
By then – stay happy!
Love,
Silvia
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Gang,
I was hanging around taking a bunch of photos last week (and I intend to do so for quite a while) so I thought I’d share with you one of the images I took and decorated with Photoshop brushes Floral shapes.
So, this is just to give you some ideas or a little bit of inspiration when it comes to photo decor or even a digital scrapbooking idea.
By the way, I don’t know if I told you about my second blog Photo A Day.
Believe it or not, for last 329 days I’ve been put new photos, every day. All of them are mine, so no borrowing :)
Anyways, if you like photography, I suggest you visit Photo A Day, make a comment and enjoy photography!
Have fun creating!
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101 Photosohop brushes Cookbook with recipes, introduction to a new book by bsilvia. Discussion on the layout of the cover page.
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Gang,
As most of you already noticed, July 2009 edition of GBG Newsletter is out. And it is always a big event in our house! Simply because it takes a lot of work. Many hours. Lot of preparations, tests, modifications, adjustments and re-adjustments.
Until, one day, we can say “It’s ready” and send it out. Then we make a toast and a little celebration :) Then we eat loads of ice cream and dance to the music! (Unless my husband decides to play Freddy in the living room :)
And I learned today, again, how you guys recognize that and appreciate it (not the dance, but the quality of the newsletter). Thank you for your messages of support!
Not to mention how thankful I am and happy to receive great feedback from my buyers. Your feedback is so great that I just go and read it when I feel down. It’s warm and uplifting. And that’s what keeps me going.
OK. I got diverted from the subject now.
So, the newsletter is out. I am already receiving great feedback about it. Especially on Facebook and thank you so much for that.
I’m glad to hear you love my latest Peacock feather brushes. As always, they come in highest possible resolution (up to 2500). I draw each feather, manually, spent a lot of time doing it, but it was worth it.
In this latest edition we also bring some new Photoshop tutorials and one background made with a little help from Peacock brushes.
All in all, I’m happy with the way it turned out. I’m even more happy to see that you like it too.
If you are new to the site and were wondering how to get the latest issue of GBG Newsletter it’s enough to become a Green Bulb Gang member ->
So, here is what background looks like (this is thumbnail version).
So, thank you for your attention. Keep on writing, I will write back.
And don’t forget: Always have fun creating!
Hugs,
Silvia
P.S.
Oh, yes! And if you like my work and posts and the site in general, it would be really really great if you could use some of the social bookmarks below and share it on Tweeter, or StumbleUpon, or, Delicious, or … whatever you see fit :)
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Well, we all knew it had to be done. We were just postponing it as much as possible.
Until today.
Yes, my dear returning visitors and friends, you are not on the wrong place. You are on Graphics-Illustrations.Com newly redesigned web site! :)
I did it because the amount of content by far overgrew the old design. Graphics-Illustrations.Com has more than 301 articles and more than 2,000 Comments?
It was hard to navigate through the site the way it was designed. Some if you even wrote me saying that it is not easy to find your way around the site.
So, I hope you will like it. Please let me know!
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Gang,
It’s been a while since my last post. I’m working hard on my Photoshop brushes book (almost 3/4 done), but, I haven’t forgotten about you.
No way.
As a matter of fact, for today I prepared another Free Photoshop brushes set!
This one has some 13 bamboo and other types of branches and it comes in two sizes!
Small ones and big ones :) Since, sometimes, it might happen that the quality of the brush is deteriorated when re-sized too much, I prepared two sizes so that the whole range is covered and whatever size you need, you will have a real High Quality brushes.
So, it’s here, it’s free and it will remain here for free download for next five days. Say, until the end of the week.
Then I will remove them to Green Bulb Gang exclusive department where it will join other 77 Free Photoshop brushes sets!
Of course you can join Green Bulb Gang and get other 77 Photoshop brushes sets for free!
You can download them all and enjoy the sea of opportunities that they offer!
Anyway, here is the set, just click on some of the download links and – voila!
Branches Photoshop brushes set (13+13)
[ PREVIEW Branches Photoshop Brushes set HERE ]
[ DOWNLOAD ZIP Branches Photoshop Brushes set HERE ] [ DOWNLOAD ABR Branches Photoshop Brushes set HERE ]
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Photoshop brushes set + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Have fun creating!
Love you all,
Silvia
P.S.
I know you already saw my 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET page, but I’m not sure if you’ve seen what others say about my brushes! *Click here* for TESTIMONIALS ->
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Two weeks ago, I had this idea to create a unique envelope for my sisters-in-law birthday. But, in the meantime, she left for vacation and now she’s enjoying Californian hotels :)
So, I still have a chance to make a unique envelope for her birthday and it will wait for her when she’s back!
So, you guessed, today’s “download and print” freebie is - envelope template.
The original size of this envelope template is 8″x5″ on the 12″x12″ paper size, but you can print it on any size (like I did) just use “fit to paper” option on your Print window. For this envelope design I used Swirled Floral Photoshop Edges Brushes set and Floral Shapes Photoshop Brushes set. Both available in our little shop.
Now, take a look at my short photo story on how to make an envelope. It’s fun and easy so, enjoy!
1. Print the envelope template and cut out the envelope shape. I used fancy-edge scissors just to cover my possible cutting mistakes :)
2. Fold the paper carefully and try to match (as much as you can) the illustrations on the bottom flap and top flap of the envelope. Apply 1/4″ wide double-sided tape along the side edges of the back, starting below the curves.
3. That’s it! This is the Back side of the envelope. The flaps are designed to match one another!
4. And the front side of the envelope with the place where you can write your loved one name :)
Download this envelope template design here, buy Swirled Floral Edges Photoshop Brushes set or buy Floral Shapes Photoshop Brushes set and the most important thing: have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.
And if you are looking for the ULTIMATE solution to your graphic design and similar headaches check out the one and only 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET ->
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- Note: All winners are kindly asked to send me your snail mail and e-mail addresses to my email available at the bottom of this page. Your prizes will be dispatched to your addresses this week.
- All submissions can be seen on our Facebook Fan Page
Guys,
Before I announce the winners of the competition, I want to make one thing clear: ALL OF THE WORKS WERE AWESOME!!!!
You guys gave me such a hard time with your submissions … I will never forgive you for that ;)
Had to go through all of 116 banner submissions, one by one, shortlist, then the shortlist was too big, cannot have 50 shortlisted works, then I had to go through that again …
Anyways, thank you all for submitting your work, thank you for your effort – I appreciate it very much!
I hope you had fun creating and to all of you who voted and commented on Facebook, thank you too – it helped me a lot during the selection.
So, the competition was so strong, that I just could not select only seven submissions and leave it there. Therefore, I decided to introduce one more category for those works that did not make it to the top 7 but were very very close and if I had more sponsors those would certainly be rewarded with prizes. So, there are 14 more works with HONORABLE MENTION!
One more thing, some of the winners who submitted more than one work probably deserved more than one prize with your works, but, I had only 7 prizes to give away and hope you will agree with me, I had to give only one prize per author.
OK. Enough talking now.
Ladies and gentleman, it is a special privilege for me tonight and a great honor, to introduce you to
The Winners of the first Graphics-Illustrations Graphic Design Competition – GI 2009
We will start from the 7th place and move on to the 1st place:
7th Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Jill
Prize: NATURE’S SONG, BARE RUBBER (Rubber stamp)
6th Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Iyan Ardian
Prize: PANDA HUGS – BARE RUBBER (Rubber stamp)
5th Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Jessica Weible
Prize: SWIRLIE BUDS – BARE RUBBER (Rubber stamp)
4th Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Rikke Løvring Hillestrøm
Prize: SWIRLIE TREE – BARE RUBBER (Rubber stamp)
3rd Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Vivayne – vivayne.com
Prize: Graphics-Illustrations.Com Mug + Surprise gift from Graphics-Illustrations.Com
2nd Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Sama Taqi
Prize: Graphics-Illustrations.Com Grocery Tote Bag + One PREMIUM Background Pack (any – up to $3.99)
1st Place
Header submission:
Name of the author: Norma Kennedy
Prize: Graphics-Illustrations.Com T-Shirt + One PREMIUM Photoshop Brushes set (any – up to $9.99)
Honorable mention:
Header submission:
Name of the author: Sama Taqi
Header submission:
Name of the author: Jennifer
Header submission:
Name of the author: Ashley Murray
Header submission:
Name of the author: Lynn
Header submission:
Name of the author: Shane Shoemaker
Header submission:
Name of the author: Jami Mullett Bova
Header submission:
Name of the author: Tangie Pounds Evans
Header submission:
Name of the author: Rikke Løvring Hillestrøm
Header submission:
Name of the author: Rikke Løvring Hillestrøm
Header submission:
Name of the author: Rikke Løvring Hillestrøm
Header submission:
Name of the author: Rachel L.
Header submission:
Name of the author: Chantelle Venter
Header submission:
Name of the author: Chantelle Venter
Header submission:
Name of the author: Chantelle Venter
All winners are kindly asked to send me your snail mail and e-mail addresses to my email available at the bottom of this page. Your prizes will be dispatched to your addresses this week. Also, if you have a web site, send your web address too. I am sure that our visitors would love to see more of your work.
Thank you all, once again, it was a great pleasure to organize this competition! I hope I will be able to organize one more competition soon and would like to use this opportunity to invite potential sponsors to help me out with the prizes. Once again, BIG THANKS goes to our sponsor Katie Cotton (Katie Cotton blog). Katie creates paper makup stamps and here is the link to her Paper Makup Stamps Blog ->
What can I say? It was fun! It was a great experience! There was a total of 116 submissions which were seen by thousands of graphic design enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs alike and I think it is a great success for all of us!
Love you all and never forget: Have fun creating!
Silvia
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Gang,
Here is an update on the competition that was announced in my previous post.
The prizes. Budget has been collected, decisions have been reached.
And the prizes for the Graphics-Illustrations.Com 2009 Competition are:
1st Place:
Graphics-Illustrations.Com T-Shirt + One PREMIUM Photoshop Brushes set (up to $9.99)
2nd Place:
Graphics-Illustrations.Com Grocery Tote Bag + One PREMIUM Background Pack (up to $3.99)
3rd Place:
Graphics-Illustrations.Com Mug + Surprise gift from Graphics-Illustrations.Com
I know it ain’t much. But what can I say?! I give what I can afford. I still don’t have my own Mac you know. (Using the sisters one when she’s asleep ;.) wiping off the fingerprints in the morning… hehe, Just kidding of course :)
So, anyways, if you decide to do some work and send it over – one of these prizes could be yours. It should be easy. I don’t expect more than three persons to compete anyway :-)
I know I’d go for it. At least to be able to tell my friends, later on: “Hey, look what I’ve got on the graphic design competition!”
So, if you’re up to it – here’s the details on on the Graphics-Illustraions 2009 ompetition ->
Also, one other thing.
The Birthday.
Yes, my dear friends and visitors, this summer, Graphics-Illustrations.Com is celebrating 2 years since it started. The success of this blog is, well, I didn’t expect much anyway, and I must thank you all for your help and support. The mission and the goal of my blog was to offer interesting articles and a bunch of free downloads for graphic designers, scrapbookers, professionals and enthusiasts alike. The idea was to make your life easier with some free and some HiQuality Photoshop brushes, backgrounds, illustrations, etc…
So, after two years, I think this little blog of mine did well. Of course, there is always a room for improvement and, as always, we all need to work on our selves and improve in every aspect of life at all times.
Wise man said: Improving yourself is like paddling against the river’s current, you need to paddle hard to make a progress and if you stop paddling you’ll find yourself going backward before you know it. (I’m not sure if it went exactly like this, but that was, more or less the message. It was about paddling … I know that for sure :)
OK. Guys, that’s it for now, have a great one and don’t forget to have fun creating! If you do that your creation will look good – guaranteed :)
While creating, don’t think about what will others will think about your creation, just have fun and as long as you are having fun, you’ll know you’re on the right path.
Hugs,
Silvia
P.S.
There goes another idea. If you work in a company that would maybe consider to offer some prizes for the Graphics-Illustrations.Com Competition … naaah … I didn’t think so …
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